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Mothering and Miracles
This past Sunday in the continental U.S. mother’s everywhere were remembered and cherished by cards, calls and candy — not…
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Is the Church Canonizing the Council?
The announcement that the Church will beatify Pope Paul VI in October has led some observers to declare that Rome…
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Vatican tells U.N. Abortion is a Form of Torture
The Vatican had strong words for U.N. experts who accused the Catholic Church of torture because of its teaching on…
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Repentance Points Us to Goodness
Fourth Sunday in Easter Scripture from today’s Liturgy of the Word: Acts 2:14A, 36-41 A reflection on today’s First Reading:…
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Poem: “A Mother’s Golden Heart”
A Mother’s Golden Heart Even before the start Of life’s first dawning day I had a golden heart To guide…
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Ferial Day (Mother’s Day)
Celebrate Mother’s Day a Different Way (Originally published in CL 5/7/13 With Mother’s Day approaching, like any modern day mom,…
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St. Damien de Veuster (of Molakai)
Missionary priest, born at Tremeloo, Belgium, 3 January 1840; died at Molokai, Hawaii, 15 April 1889. His father, a small…
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Front Row With Francis: The Gift of Counsel
Pope Francis continues his catechesis at the General Audience Wednesday morning in Saint Peter’s Square on gifts of the Holy…
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A Form of Amputation
Imagine if there were a movement to normalize Body Integrity Identity Disorder instead of treating it (people with BIID are…
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On the “Right and Authority” to “Veto” Scientific Conclusions That Contradict Dogma
In my book Science Was Born of Christianity: The Teaching of Fr. Stanley L. Jaki, I used the word “veto” in…